Podcast
Decoding Unicorns with Prashant Pitti
Hosted by Red FM · EN
Are you planning your start-up? What will it take to make it big? How will you make it to the Unicorn Club? Know it all. Prashant Pitti, Co-founder of EaseMyTrip will be talking to other entrepreneurs whose businesses achieved the Unicorn status. Entrepreneurs share their stories, trade secrets and the recipe of making it big. Tune-in to the podcast – Decoding Unicorns on the Red FM Podcast Network and listen to some of the most influential minds talk about their success, failure and lessons learnt in the process.
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Amrish- CEO, PineLabs
Aug 23, 202200:30:21Tap to summarize"On the next episode of Decoding Unicorns, Host Prashant Pitti (@prashantpitti) interacts with the CEO of Pine Labs. Pine Labs is Asia’s leading Merchant Commerce platform that provides financing and last-mile retail transaction technology to merchants. Tune into the podcast to know more about his journey #EaseMyTrip #DecodingUnicorns #PineLabs"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Vikram Chopra - Co - Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CARS24
Aug 9, 202200:30:51Tap to summarizeVikram Chopra, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cars24, the e-commerce platform for pre-owned cars, credits the entrepreneurial lessons from his first startup, FabFurnish for the success of his second. Vikram was also a business analyst at McKinsey & Company. He received a BTech and MTech in Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and earned an MBA in Finance at the University of Pennsylvania-The Wharton School. Listen to the two founders of two unicorns talk about the challenges and the state of start-ups in India.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Asish Mohapatra - Co-Founder and Head of Sales at OfBusiness
Aug 1, 202200:36:25Tap to summarizePrashant Pitti in conversation with Asish Mohapatra is the Co-Founder and Head of Sales at OfBusiness since August 2015. Previously, Asish was a Senior Associate in Mumbai at Matrix Management Corporation from October 2010 to August 2015. At Matrix, Asish aimed to build on his healthcare and operations experience to help entrepreneurs build their business. Apart from work Asish kept himself alive with a plethora of hobbies ranging from indulging in sporting records to maintaining collections to creative writing. Asish started this journey as a Maintenance Manager, and subsequently an Operations Manager, in ITC after completing his B. Tech at IIT Kharagpur. As the Operations Manager Asish managed a team of a thousand people in the demanding plant environment. During this stint he led the turnaround of a factory that grew to ~5X its size in operations and manpower within a year. Asish's experience at ITC taught him that knowledge and an understanding of details is pivotal to being a great manager and leader of people. Post his MBA at the Indian School of Business, Asish joined McKinsey & Company. While consulting is known to offer diversity across sectors, Asish chose to focus on the healthcare sector as he believed that the sector was in its nascence and was going to be a crucial element in India’s rapid global growth. Asish has spent bulk of his time at McKinsey in serving MNCs and domestic Indian companies in pharmaceuticals, medical equipments and pharma support services. Asish has also worked in the public sector with large bilateral donors and the Ministry of Health. Asish has built a diverse and deep expertise in healthcare at both the corporate and the grassroots levels. Asish earned his MBA in Finance and Marketing from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and a B. Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Bhavin Turakhia-Founder Zeta
Jul 12, 202200:52:40Tap to summarizeIn the next episode of Decoding Unicorns, Host Prashant Pitti is joined by Founder of Zeta Bhavin Turakhia. Zeta is a full-stack cloud-based neo-banking platform that enables banks and financial institutions to launch modern retail and corporate fintech products. Inspite of being a college dropout Bhavin Turakhia along with his brother has built almost a dozen of companies throughout his career. So what mistakes he has made and what has he learned in this journey? Listen to the whole episode to know all his secrets and tips.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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EP-13 Pulkit Jain Co Founder and Product Head at Vedantu
Jul 5, 202200:47:02Tap to summarizeIn the next episode of Decoding Unicorns, Host Prashant Pitti is joined by Co-Founder of Vedantu, Pulkit Jain. Vedantu is a knowledge network where any student can tap into a teacher directly and learning can happen in a personalized way, anytime-anywhere. Presently, Vedantu is one of the fastest growing education company with over 35 million users’ accessing Vedantu through its app and web for free every month.Tune into this podcast where Pulkit discusses the numerous challenges that contributed to Vedantu's success.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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EP-12 Amit Agrwal-Founder No Broker.com
Jun 28, 202200:36:05Tap to summarizeIn the next episode of Decoding Unicorns, we have with us the founder of a disruptive, tech-based, capital efficient and globally scalable business model. Host Prashant Pitti is joined by Co-Founder & CEO, NoBroker.com, Amit Agarwal. Presently, No Broker is one of the fastest growing start-ups in India that is witnessing an explosive growth in customers, posted-properties and closed deals. But what is that secret ingredient which makes No Broker a real estate hero in the overcrowded market? Tune into this podcast where Amit discloses the many hurdles which shaped No Broker’s success.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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EP-11 Varun Alagh, Founder Mama Earth
Jun 1, 202200:59:39Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Decoding Unicorns, host Prashant Pitti is joined by the Beauty tycoon with a purpose ‘Varun Alagh’. He founded the Indian organic brand, Mamaearth in 2016 with his wife, Ghazal Alagh, who plays the major role of Chief Mama at the company. At present, Mamaearth has diversified from baby care, hair care and skin care into body care and colour cosmetics. Tune into this riveting conversation where Varun discusses his journey from working in a corporate job to establishing a D2C sensation under five yearsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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EP-10 Harsimarbir Singh, Co-founder at Pristyn Care
May 24, 202200:52:43Tap to summarizePristyn Care is an asset light, full stack healthcare model which provides you with a hasslefree and smooth process of consultation, admission, treatment and discharge. Harsimarbir (Harsh) Singh, is the brain behind this $117M funded organisation. Pristyn Care is present in all states with its focus on tier 2 and 3 cities as Harsh's vision is to make healthcare a healthy process for all. Tune in to understand how Harsh could build a complex 360 degree business model by keeping it asset light with an underlined revolution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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EP-9 Yashish-Founder Policy Bazzar
May 2, 202200:41:34Tap to summarizeYashish Dahiya is the founder of Policybazaar, India's biggest online insurance aggregator. The vision of Yashish was to create an ecosystem where he minimizes potential fraudulent activities in the market and builds a standardized thumb rule for the selling and subscribing of insurance policies. With this idea in mind, PolicyBazaar has been showing tremendous y.o.y growth in revenue and also got listed at NSE and BSE in 2021. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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EP-8 Ashneer Grover, Founder BharatPe
Apr 26, 202200:32:27Tap to summarize Ashneer Grover, Founder BharatPe Ashneer Grover is an IIT-IIM passout, and the Founder of BharatPe. He is the most famous shark out of Shark Tank India and has been one of the core drivers in the growth of companies like Grofers, American Express, Kotak Investment Banking etc. Recently, Ashneer Grover resigned from his own company Bharatpe and faced various accusations. On this podcast, Ashneer addresses the conditions that led to this fiasco and what are the aspects budding entrepreneurs should be aware of in the world of business. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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